Now that conflict of interest rules at universities often prevent many real top experts from taking drug company speaking fees, and because many of those experts have given up the money because they are afraid it will hurt their reputation, the people giving these speeches are not always really the best and the brightest.
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Merck says the data show that the heart risk from Vioxx does not persist, because the difference in outcomes between patients who stopped taking the drug and patients who stopped taking a placebo is not statistically significant.
Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ) says the data show that the heart risk from Vioxx does not persist, because the difference in outcomes between patients who stopped taking the drug and patients who stopped taking a placebo is not statistically significant.
In 2005, the company pulled its multiple sclerosis drug, Tysabri, from the market after a patient who was taking the drug in conjunction with another medication died of a rare brain disorder.
"Women switching to exemestane had fewer cases of cancer in the other breast, which also suggests that taking the drug after tamoxifen may be a better way to prevent breast cancer than taking tamoxifen alone, " said Professor Charles Coombes of Imperial College London, the study's lead author.
Because the drug does have side effects, women need to assess how much benefit they will reap from taking the drug.
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People taking the drug combo were more likely to report nausea, headache, constipation, dizziness, and vomiting than those taking a placebo.
It only occurred, he says, when the patient was taking another drug called phentermine.
As I have stated before, you should avoid taking any drug unless it is absolutely necessary.
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But there's no mechanism today of knowing real time whether you're taking the drug or not.
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So far, it has been just four months since the first patient stopped taking the drug.
Two of the five Zelnorm patients had known gallstone disease before taking the drug.
Cost savings with substandard safety and efficacy is as damaging as taking no drug at all.
The patient can inhale it, taking the drug directly into the lungs and to the point of inflammation.
Since taking over drug firm Seronoin 1996 from his father, Bertarelli has built it into Europe's biggest biotech.
They were also able to see on the website how others taking the drug were faring in real-time.
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More than 40 people across the UK and Ireland are believed to have died after taking the drug.
When patients stopped taking the drug, the benefits seemed to wane, supporting the view that the medicine is working.
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The "cure" took effect within only a few months of taking the drug.
Now the company has to restate earnings as patients stop taking the drug.
Genetic testing means more women who may feel comfortable not taking the drug.
Some of the benefits appear even after she has stopped taking the drug.
Thomas Jones, 19, from Llangefni, died after apparently taking the drug - known as green apples - on Saturday.
"I would not stop taking this drug if it were the only way I could lower my cholesterol, " Weaver says.
Ten months after it was introduced, 25% of narcolepsy patients in the country, more than 31, 000 people, were taking the drug.
Most of these nations have had a long-standing habit of putting off real reform by taking the drug of currency devaluation.
Those who have tested positive for exposure to anthrax spores have been quick to say that they are taking the drug.
Lilly ICOS, which manufactures Cialis, said there had been a small number of cases of NAION in people taking the drug.
Police have urged heroin users in south Wales to get advice and help after two men collapsed after taking the drug.
Research suggests that up to half of women given tamoxifen to stop a breast cancer returning stop taking the drug prematurely.
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